A. S. S. ~ Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/19/22
"Yay, Monday!" Said no one... Ever
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Orrin PILKEY ('52)
Rex HUNT ('53)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Steve CARSON ('58)
Mary ROSE ('60)
Tom VERELLEN ('60)
Jack EVANS ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Next A.S.S. will be published when we have an entry from 5 Bombers
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NEW HOME ADDRESS:
Maren Smyth
144 Briant Street
Gretna, LA 70056
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>>From: Orrin PILKEY ('52)
Sent: 12/13/22
I hope this is the way you submit something:
I have just published a book entitled "Vanishing Sands: Losing Beaches to
Mining", Duke University Press. Beach sand is ideal for concrete and therefore
is being mined in many countries. The problem is that beaches and dunes are
critical protection from storms and of course are important for the tourist
industry. Mining beaches is illegal almost everywhere in the world but it is
widely carried out almost everywhere.
Orrin PILKEY ('52)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
SENT: 12/19/22
Re: Jabberwocky and other important, wise and serious things!
I think my dog could win the Ugly Dog contest of New York City! They won't let
him enter any local contest saying my dog is a ringer and unfair to regular
ugly dogs.
He is 1/2 Bulldog, (which is ugly enough to frighten scarecrows) and 1/2
Basset Hound. Making him so ugly, I have to walk him backwards so he won't
scare small children and little old ladies. But that does not help as he has
raised Butt ugly to another dimension. That being said, is just the frosting on
his dog muffin. He has GAS! It is so bad a Haz-Mat team has been to my house 3
times. Now some dogs can wilt flowers, My dog can wilt fence posts. He is so
bad Flies reject him. He is also very sneaky. He has what my daughter refers to
as "SBD"! Silent but deadly gas. You sure don't want to be trapped in a slow
elevator heading for the top floor..
Now I have mentioned this to sort of segue to the gist of this missile. As I
previously mentioned I have had a stomach disorder for a month and 1/2, with
cause still unknown.
With it comes unwanted side effects or is that affects? It has instilled me
with enough gas, PG&E is seeking a franchise!
So yesterday afternoon two very sweet little old ladies came by to visit me
and to foster on me a fruit cake, as if I needed one of those deadly things.
and wish me a happy holiday. Well I am considered a gentleman of sorts, and
have gentle ways. So I strive very diligently to maintain decorum.
It is all I can do to maintain with a straight face. I am about 22 percent
past capacity, when they finally move to the door to say their long goodbyes. I
hastily close the door and as the latch clicks, I surpass my capacity and I let
go with a 12 second Fart that changes tones 3 times. and brings tears to my
eyes, and makes makes the dog leave the room!
What interesting things have you done lately!
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from Elegant Downtown Hanford CA where the Smog
control board has places a caution for people with asthma and
COPD to avoid thru New Years.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)s
SENT: 12/17/22
In keeping with my self-professed duty, I must, at this time, wish Carole CLARK
('54) a "Happy Birthday!" And it's not just because we spent two years together
in the same home room.
SENT:12/15/22
I see by the ol' Bomber Calendar that a fellow classmate has a birthday today.
We have discussed at a Club Forty Annual Meeting or two that we don't recall
each other from school. None the less; "Happy Birthday!" to Arlene THRESE
('54).
Lest I forget it, a "Happy Birthday!" to Terry DAVIS ('65). Hope the play went
well, sold out houses and all that.
SENT: 12/13/22
For Maren; is your new house on higher ground?
NO
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Silverton, OR
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
SENT: 12/13/22
To: Rex HUNT ('53)
Rex, I share your pain. I'm 83 and back in diapers.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
SENT: 12/13/22
Re: Pete BEAULIEU ('62) post of 12/13/22
Prepositions
This is going to sound really strange Pete, but that list of prepositions has
been bouncing around in my little "pea brain" forever. I was missing a few
though and that is why I so appreciate your post!! By chance did you have
Georgia? Burns as a teacher? I at least get as far as?.about, above, across,
over, against, among, along, around, at, because of?.. before, behind, beyond??
So weird!!!! I spout this off a lot!!! to myself of course! What can I say, I
am 80 now and love to laugh.
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
SENT: 12/18/22
Twas the week before Christmas, it is very confusing because usually nothing is
done and the to do list grows twice as fast. instead the party mix is assembled
and in containers for distribution, tree check, outdoor lights (that turn on
and off automatically at odd hours all day and night), regular shopping done
and about 70% wrapped, "christmas cold" about 80% overwith (hopefully). I am
way ahead of schedule, something is not right, it's quiet, too quiet. Hope
everyone has a really good holiday season.
-Tom VERELLEN ('60) ~ between near Lacey and the impact area JBLM (baboom)
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>>From: Jack EVANS ('62)
Sent: 12/6/22
Maren ~ in case you haven't seen this video from 11 years ago ...
Seven minute video on Richland and Hanford...lots of pics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMgNZy0z3i0&t=255s
Jack EVANS ('62)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
SENT: 12/13/22
To: Ken HEMMINGER ('56)
About those famous Uptown Spudnuts, I can't quite figure it out since they're
still SPUD-nuts, but not only are they smaller as you say, they also don't
taste the same as in olden times, walking home after a Bomber football or
basketball game. More like cake donuts now rather than, say, Krispee Kreme (had
some of those once or twice, but now refraining). The change over the years
isn't my nostalgic imagination either. Methinks someone lost the original melt-
in-your-mouth recipe. Maybe skimping possibly on butter? Whatever? Do other SS
readers agree?
To: Rex HUNT ('53)
In response to your delightful coverage of the diarrhea thingy, may I
delicately risk adding a gastrointestinal bit about a sailor in my division
aboard an aircraft carrier back in the late 1960s? (Dalmatian, another
unsolicited Navy story!)
He nearly despaired, but one morning at muster he reported to me that after
several months of losing weight--and without any meaningful diagnosis from Sick
Bay (onboard we had two doctors plus medics and a hospital suite), now he was
feeling fine again, and had regained at least twenty lost pounds...The home
medicine thing worked!
He had started chewing tobacco....And the juice was highly toxic to worms. Said
he: "I started s***ting nothing but worms and just kept on chewin' until after
a week they were all gone." Big smile on his face. The nutrient freeloaders
were now flushed overboard and lost at sea. Must have been something about food
preparation in one exotic Far Eastern port-o-call or another, most likely that
sinkhole Olongapo--next to the huge Subic Bay Naval Station then in the
Philippines.
Subic Bay, also offering snorkel-and-mask access to absolutely pristine waters,
a shallow coral reef with turquiose and brilliantly yellow-striped fish, plus a
surprise school of foraging barracuda. From distress over worms to panic over
razor teeth, never a dull moment.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
SEN: 12/13/22
We've decided to start our Richland Bomber lunches once again. The first one
will be on Saturday 14Jan2023 at noon. It will be at the Lil 'Moon Diner,
formerly JD Diner. It's my understanding the menu is pretty much the same as
previous with the exception the owners have added their late daughter's
favorite treat-fried pickles. Hope to see you all there. Merry Christmas and a
good 2023.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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